282, 65 S. W. 841, 57 L. R. A. 451; Wood v. McCain, 7 Ala. 800. —Univers:# le - See Leaacy. Universal partnership. See PARTNERSHIP.—Universal representation. In Scotch law. A term applied to the representation by an heir of his ancestor. Bell.—Universal succession. In the civil law. Succession to the entire estate of another, living or dead, though generally the latter, importing succession to the entire property of the predecessor as a juridical entirety, that is, to all his active as well as passive lega] relations. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 649.